Best Science Fiction Film Round 1b: The Empire Strikes Back (4) vs Close Encounters of the Third Kind (61)

[Chris]

The Empire Strikes Back
Release Date: May 17, 1980 (Kennedy Center), May 21, 1980 (United States)
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse
Plot: After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.



VS

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Release Date: November 16, 1977
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, François Truffaut, Teri Garr
Plot: Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO.
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[Marty McFourth]

I'm not really a massive Star Wars guy but The Empire Strikes Back is one of the ones I really did enjoy a lot.

 

[Chris]

Yeah both great movies but not a hard vote for me. Empire Strikes Back is my favorite Star Wars film.

 

[Spitfire]

The force is strong with this one.

 

[Lethal]

Poor Close Encounters. Empire by 100

 

[Comrade Khan]

close encounters is a classic but Empire Strikes back is GOD TIER